7. Derivative works

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The following shall also be protected as works :—

(a)

translations, adaptations, arrangements and other transformations or modifications of works ; and

(b)

collections of works and collections of mere data

(data bases), whether in machine readable or other form, provided that such collections are original by reason of the selection, co-ordination or arrangement of their contents.

(2)

The protection of any work referred to in subsection (1) shall be without prejudice to any protection of a pre-existing work incorporated in, or utilized for, the making of such a work.

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